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Star Wars Battlefront's DLC will set you back £40

To the surprise of no modern gamer, Star Wars: Battlefront will be launching with a season pass for future DLC material. But in what is becoming increasingly unsurprising, that DLC will set you back a hefty chunk of change.

How much? Well, that will depend on the format you want to play the DICE-developed shooter on. For PC, publisher EA has priced it at £39.99 on its distribution platform Origin.

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The core Battlefrontgame itself will set you back £49.99 for the standard edition or £54.99 for the deluxe edition, which includes early access to four weapons (including Han Solo's blaster) and a victory emote. An "Ultimate Edition" includes those weapons and the season pass for £94.99, which technically costs 1p more than buying the deluxe edition and the season pass separately.

Sony hasn't listed all variants to its PSN store yet, but the PS4 version is also likely to hit those prices. There, the standard and deluxe editions are also £54.99 and £64.99, respectively. The DLC being £40 too seems a reasonable prediction. Of course, physical retailers will likely be selling Battlefront itself for less than the full RRP that the digital stores use, but the DLC won't be discounted in the same way. That'll be £40 across the board.

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And if you're wondering what the season pass will get you... well, keep wondering. All that EA has announced is that the pass "extends the game with four expansion packs coming at a later date, filled with new content that will take you to new locations across a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars Battlefront Season Pass owners will also secure two-week early access to each expansion pack and an exclusive 'Shoot First' emote."

Pricey season passes are becoming a common sight for games, with Batman: Arkham Knight previously taking the crown for its £33 bundle. There, at least, players had an idea of what was planned post-release, with story missions, race tracks, alternate skins, and challenge maps confirmed. Battlefront asks for £40 without even hinting at what its expansion packs will contain.

With this past weekend's Battlefront open beta giving players a free snippet of what the final product will offer, many will have made up their minds as to whether the game is for them or not. For those who may have enjoyed it though, being faced with a roughly £100 total price tag for everything the title will eventually offer will be a bitter pill.